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962. Patrick Gale - Mother's Boy
I love Patrick Gale, but struggled initially with this. The plot is very linear with few of the surprising plot twists that one expects....
Apr 1, 20221 min read


633. Pat Barker - The Silence Of The Girls
A retelling of ‘The Iliad’ from a woman’s perspective, so the central figure is Breisis (I think), a Trojan princess captured by the...
Oct 19, 20181 min read


625. Kate Atkinson - Transcription
3rd purchase from Smith’s at Gatwick, her new book which Paddy devoured before I did! Not as good as many of her books, a bit...
Sep 20, 20181 min read


614. Graham Greene - The Tenth Man
A very slight novelette, written as a film script when Greene was contracted to Hollywood post war as he couldn’t fund life from writing....
Jul 31, 20181 min read


453. Henning Mankell - Secrets In The Fire
A present from JG, as a bonus on top of the book (also by Mankell) that he lost and replaced. A short and slight book about a young girl...
Dec 16, 20161 min read